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2024 SESSION
SB 238 Health insurance; coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices.
Introduced by: Ghazala F. Hashmi | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Health insurance; coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices. Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage, under any health insurance contract, policy, or plan that includes coverage for prescription drugs on an outpatient basis, for contraceptive drugs and contraceptive devices, as defined in the bill, including those available over-the-counter. The bill prohibits a health insurance carrier from imposing upon any person receiving contraceptive benefits pursuant to the provisions of the bill any copayment, coinsurance payment, or fee, except in certain circumstances. This bill is identical to HB 819.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102765D pdf | impact statement
- 01/31/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106580D-S1 pdf
- 02/05/24 Senate: Printed as engrossed 24106580D-ES1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/27/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB238ER) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/09/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102765D
- 01/09/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/22/24 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (8-Y 6-N)
- 01/22/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/31/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
- 01/31/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106580D-S1
- 02/01/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/24 Senate: Read second time
- 02/02/24 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/02/24 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24106580D-S1
- 02/02/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB238S1
- 02/05/24 Senate: Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/24 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/05/24 Senate: Amendments by Senator Hashmi agreed to
- 02/05/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments SB238ES1
- 02/05/24 Senate: Printed as engrossed 24106580D-ES1
- 02/05/24 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/06/24 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 15-N)
- 02/15/24 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/15/24 House: Read first time
- 02/15/24 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 02/20/24 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (14-Y 7-N)
- 02/22/24 House: Read second time
- 02/23/24 House: Read third time
- 02/23/24 House: Passed House (69-Y 29-N)
- 02/23/24 House: VOTE: Passage (69-Y 29-N)
- 02/27/24 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/27/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB238ER)
- 02/27/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/01/24 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024
- 03/01/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024
- 03/01/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/08/24 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 03/09/24 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 04/17/24 Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N)
- 04/17/24 Senate: Communicated to Governor
- 04/17/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 17, 2024